European Employment Law Cases

2020/11 Whistleblowing dismissal unfair where decision-maker was manipulated by another manager (UK)

371234Richard ListerRichard Lister is a Managing Practice Development Lawyer at Lewis Silkin LLP

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In a decision with implications for unfair dismissal law generally, the UK’s Supreme Court (SC) ruled that it is not always necessary for a dismissing manager to know about whistleblowing disclosures made by an employee in order for that dismissal to be automatically unfair.